Australia earns one medal on day three of 2012 IPC Nor-Am Cup

Yesterday, on day three of the IPC Nor-Am Cup at Copper Mountain‘s Rosie’s Arena run, Australia earned only one medal, with Cameron Rahles-Rahbula picking up a gold medal in the men’s standing Giant Slalom. The results were not as good for Australia as Tuesday’s, when Australia swept the exact same event. The course was technically difficult, with a number of skiers falling and unable to finish it.

Jonathan Walsh crashed in his first run and earned a did not finish. His failure to compete the first run meant he did not have a second run. Rahles-Raubula had a time of 1.00.68 in his first run and 59.21 in his second run for a combined run time of 1.59.89. Toby Kane and Mitchell Gourley did not start. Standing LW9-1 classified skier Jonty O’Callaghan did not finish.

Laura Hale is a sport journalist, specializing in Paralympic and disability sport news. Prior to helping found ParaSport-News, she spent two and a half years working as a journalist on Wikinews, a citizen journalism site. As a journalist, she has covered the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, the 2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships in La Molina, the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, and a number of other sporting events. She has additional experience with Paralympic sport having worked as a Wikipedian in Residence for the Australian and Spanish Paralympic Committees.

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